Now he was poised to lead TI’s strategy of offshoring some of its production to Asia
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His first meeting with Taiwan’s powerful and savvy economy minister, K. T. Li, ended acrimoniously when the minister declared that intellectual property was something “imperialists used to bully less-advanced countries.”
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Li wasn’t wrong to see Shepherd as an agent of America’s empire.
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Li eventually realized that Taiwan would benefit from integrating itself more deeply with the United States.
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From South Korea to Taiwan, Malaysia to Singapore, anti-Communist governments were seeking assurance that America’s retreat from Vietnam wouldn’t leave
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them standing alone
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They were also seeking jobs and investment that could address the economic dissatisfaction that drove some of their populations toward Communism
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Singapore’s restive working class was majority ethnic Chinese. Beijing was searching for allies—and probing for U.S. weakness
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In Washington, U.S. strategists feared the coming collapse of American-backed South Vietnam would send shock waves across Asia. Foreign
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No one was more worried about the impending Communist victory in Vietnam than the government in Taiwan, which still claimed to rule all of China
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